What can be inferred about the text's attitude toward the proposal?
A mid-sized Brazilian city is deciding whether to turn one lane of its busiest avenue into a protected bike lane. Shop owners fear that customers who arrive by car will stop coming. A survey of shoppers on that avenue, however, found that most of them arrive on foot or by bus, and that those who cycle visit more often than those who drive. City planners argue that a lane that carries a bike every few seconds moves more people than a lane with one person in each car. They propose a six-month trial, after which the number of customers and accidents would be compared with the previous year.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. It presents it as a hypothesis to be tested with data
- Step 1: Note the phrase 'proposed trial' and the comparison with last year. Step 2. The planners want to test the idea, so it is a hypothesis, and the concerns are reported. Answer: A hypothesis to be tested with data. Why not the others: The text reports the concerns and the data against them; it neither condemns nor dismisses the idea.
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